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SOCIALIST ALLIANCEFOR THE SENATE
Margarita Windisch
“I have lived in Melbourne’s west or the last 10
years. I am a social worker and currently teach
community welare in Footscray.
“My political activism began in 1990 when the
ALP government sent troops to Iraq. It became clear that the
Labor and Coalition parties were two sides o the same coin;political machines prepared to sacrice the environment and
ordinary people in order to serve the rich and powerul.
Sharon Firebrace
“I am a Yorta Yorta woman rom Echuca. I have
been involved in campaigns or indigenous
rights since the 1970s.
“I used to be a member o the Labor party. I
am disgusted that the Rudd Labor government has retained
so many o the Howard government’s policies towards indig-
enous people, reugees and unions. I’m campaigning to end
the discriminatory Northern erritory intervention.”
Ron Guy
“At the age o 18, I became a union delegate. I
am currently an Australian Workers Union del-
egate in the petrochemical industry.
“I was involved in the campaign against
WorkChoices in 2005-2007. I am disappointed that the La-
bor government has retained the draconian Howard-era
Australian Building and Construction Commission which
treats building industry workers as worse than criminals.
“As a unionist, I am concerned about social justice, and aminvolved in solidarity with the people o Western Sahara”.
In the lower house in Victoria we are standing Ben
Courtice in the seat of Gellibrand, Trent Hawkins in the
seat of Wills and Sue Bull in the seat of Corio.
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www.socialist-alliance.org
FOR THE SENATEMargarita Windisch,
Sharon Firebrace andRon Guy
BEFORE PROFITS
PEOPLE
PLANET
Get active: get in touch!Campaign Ofce Resistance Centre,5th foor, 407 Swanston St, Melbourne
P 9639 8622
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PREFERENCE POLICYWe urge voters to vote 1 Socialist Alliance, give a second
preerence to the Greens and then preerence Labor beore
the Liberal-National Coalition and other right-wing parties.
Te Socialist Alliance is an anti-capitalist, activist party. We
stand candidates in elections at every level o government,
but unlike other parties we don’t see parliament as the main
vehicle or social change. Election campaigns or us are part
o our year-round work campaigning in workplaces and
communities.
We help to build movements capable o bringing about the
change we need: change that benets ordinary people andthe environment, and that can lead to a democratic, socialist
society, run by and or working people.
We’re committed to helping build a political alternative
that puts people and planet beore prot. Our uture depends
on it.
Socialist Alliance politicians pledge toonly take the wage of an average workerTe Socialist Alliance candidates or the coming ederal elec-
tion are not proessional politicians. Tey are socialist activists
who ght or justice, democracy, peace and environmental sus-
tainability. I elected they would take only an average worker’s
wage, donating the balance to struggles or a better society.
WHAT IS SOCIALIST ALLIANCE?
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POLITICS TODAY is marked by growing disillusionment with
the politicians who were elected on the slogan o ‘change’ but
have delivered no real change.
Scientists warn that time is running out to shi away rom
the carbon dependency that a prots rst system relies on.
Society has the knowledge the tools and the wealth to live inan ecologically sustainable and socially just and equitable way.
We’ve just witnessed the biggest public bailout o the capi-
talist system in history! rillions o public money has been
shelled out to bail out banks and bankrupt governments.
Tis makes government claims that they “can’t aford” to
arrest climate change or provide ree universal health care
ring hollow.
Te 11 Australians who made the Forbes 1000 world’s richest
list or 2010 have a total net wealth o $25.7 billion—more than
the net wealth o the country’s 800,000 poorest households.BHP Billiton and Rio into pay just 13% tax, while most
workers pay 30% or more in efective tax rate.
Prot share o total income in Australia has increased rom
16.9% to 27.7% since 1974-75 while wage share has decreased
rom 62.7% to 54%. In today’s dollars,
$2.2 trillion dollars has been shied to
prots!
What’s the solution?
We have to organise in
workplaces and com-munities and build a
political alternative to
ght or the change
we need.
n Climate change Bring the energy sector back into pub-
lic hands. Immediate and large-scale public investment
to ensure 100% renewable energy by 2020, as is demon-strated in the Beyond Zero Emissions Zero Carbon Plan.
Nuclear power is not the answer.n Refugees and migrants Honour Australia’s UN reugee
convention obligations. End deportations and mandatory
detention. Close the detention centres, including the ones
at Christmas Island, Maribyrnong and Broadmeadows.
Increase the reugee intake. Let asylum seekers into Aus-
tralia and process claims here – not in the Pacic, Indo-
nesia or East imor. Stop using new migrants as a money
making venture. Give migrant workers on temporary vi-
sas (PVs) the ull rights o permanent residents.n Indigenous rights Negotiate a reaty with Indigenous
people. Repeal the Northern erritory Intervention laws;
abolish welare quarantining. Compensate or stolen wag-
es, property the and stolen children.n Workers’ rights Recognise the right to strike and other
workers’ rights in law. Abolish the ABCC that treats build-
ing workers worse than violent criminals. Abolish
all other Howard-era anti-union laws. Introduce
industrial manslaughter laws.
n Housing Cap rent and mortgage repayments at 20% o
income and introduce rent control laws. Massively boost
public housing stock and social housing programs.n Health Boost unding or preventative health care, men-
tal health and public hospitals. Expand community-based
healthcare networks. Provide ree dental care. End subsi-
dies to private insurers. Expand disability services.n Public transport Public works program to build and
massively expand public transport and rail reight inra-
structure. Build high-speed intercity rail. Make public
transport ree and requent.n Poverty and unemployment Li all welare payments
above the poverty line. Increase the minimum wage.
Make goods more afordable by scrapping the GS. Cre-ate jobs through expanding social inrastructure. Increase
support or carers.n Anti-war Bring troops back rom Aghanistan. End mili-
tary commitment to Iraq. Isolate apartheid Israel. Pay
reparations to Iraq and Aghanistan to assist with rebuild-
ing.
n Democratic rights Scrap ‘anti-terror’ laws. Adopt a
Bill o Rights. Marriage rights or same-sex couples. Full
rights or trans and intersex peoplen Women’s rights Introduce genuine pay equity. Remove
abortion rom the criminal code. Strengthen laws against
sexual harassment. Increase childcare places at afordable
or ree cost to parents. Introduce 12 months’ parental
leave scheme, to be paid or by a levy on employers.n Youth rights Increase the youth allowance. End youth
wages. Boost unding to youth services. Make tertiary
education ree. Te right to vote. Te r ight to vote at 16.n Public ownership Stop privatising government services.
ake back into public ownership those that have already
been privatised.
And how would we pay for this?We would: return the company tax rate to 49%; cut public
subsidies to private education and private health; cut subsi-
dies to the mining industry; slash the deence budget; und
renewable energy by taxing the corporate polluters and
billionaires; abolish negative gearing; tackle tax
evasion by corporate rich; end privatisation and
public-private partnerships.
WHAT SOCIALIST ALLIANCE STANDS FOR
FOR THE MILLIONS NOT THE MILLIONAIRES
Details o policy at www.socialist-alliance.org or& 9639 8622
